Backend Engineering Team Lead

Summary

Join M-KOPA as a Backend-focused Engineering Team Lead and lead a team of talented engineers in building and improving our cutting-edge microservices. You will mentor and guide your team, championing a DevOps culture and high-quality output. This fully remote role offers flexibility within specified time zones. M-KOPA is revolutionizing financial inclusion in Africa, and this position offers a chance to make a real impact. We offer diverse development programs, coaching, family-friendly policies, and prioritize well-being and flexibility. M-KOPA has been recognized as one of Africa's fastest-growing companies.

Requirements

• Good grasp of and experience with C#.NET
• Experience with Event Driven Systems
• Experience with microservices
• Experience with testing
• Experience with Deployment

Responsibilities

• Mentor and lead a team of backend engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment
• Lead as a servant leader, coach, and contributor, emphasising high-quality output using infrastructure as code, observability, and monitoring, as well as automated testing in all environments, including production
• Oversee the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle from inception, through production, and right the way to decommissioning under a DevOps culture
• Champion continuous delivery, testing, and observability as first-order concerns
• Work with C#.NET , event-driven systems, microservices, and deployment technologies

Benefits

• Remote Flexibility: Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones
• Diverse development programs
• Coaching partnerships
• On-the-job training
• Family-friendly policies